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When in doubt, head to the mountains

There’s nothing quite like that moment. It’s early in the morning and you’re sore from the previous day’s hike. You unzip your tent, a rush of fresh air hits you and you see a view that makes you forget…

The Woman in Beijing

There are some faces that are impossible to forget. You cross paths with a stranger from a different world for a split second and sometimes they never leave you, burned into your memory. Today I’m thinking about that woman…

The Silk Road

The Silk Road: where Russia, the Middle East, China, Turkey and Eastern Europe collide in the most beautiful way. Travelling through China to Kyrgyzstan I saw faces that blended ethnicities in ways I’d never seen. Where else can you find Chinese…

“It’s India” – An Introduction

The input is constant: the smell of burning flesh; the smorgasbord of curries (heaven for your taste buds and hell for your stomach); buzzing street markets; starving street puppies; overpacked buses; and narrow mountain passes. After nearly four months,…

A New Rhythm: Trekking the Annapurna Circuit

Choosing a trek in Nepal is like choosing which F. Scott Fitzgerald book to read – none are a waste of time, they all have their unique advantages, you want them all at once, you’ll always wonder about the…

Khovsgol lake iced over

A Vegetarian in Mongolia

As far as I could tell, eating in rural Mongolia was not a long, drawn out undertaking with themed napkins and brightly painted ceramic kitchenware. It was often mono-utensil, mono-dish and mono-flavor, but always filling and efficient. After barely a…